App Profile: Hungryroot: Healthy Groceries

sarinarina

Rating: 5/5

Hungryroot fits our lifestyle perfectly. We’re only two people (me and my boyfriend) and when we don’t feel like cooking we go out, but when we order groceries and decide to cook at home we end up wasting a ton of food! We’ve tried almost all of the food subscription services and found them lacking in some aspect. Hungryroot fits in so many ways that others don’t, and it’s more affordable than most others for us. The Hungryroot branded items are such good quality first of all and the meat is humanely raised which is important for us. The meals are interesting enough without being too weird for my boyfriend’s less adventurous palate. There are a ton of options for our vegan Wednesdays and vegetarian Mondays. So we’ll have a burger on one day, Korean bbq flatbread the next and then a lemongrass tofu green and grain bowl in the middle of the week. I like having high quality meals with no prep and no waste and lower carb with an emphasis on fresh veggies. Even when I don’t feel like cooking I can do these meals. The snacks are great and it’s fun to try them all out. The included quick breakfasts have saved us many times from having to just skip breakfast all together. Highly recommend this, as someone who is a chef and enjoys cooking but sometimes wants to phone it in when I get home.

KairiRain

Rating: 2/5

Hungry root is the first ever grocery box I’ve ever gotten, I figured why not try it out…I was a little scared when I had to pay for the box before even looking at any recipes, but I still paid and figured if I don’t like it I’ll just cancel. First off you can’t cancel your first box which is fine I get it…that’s how they get their money, but you can’t cancel any other boxes until like a week after you subscribe…weird…okay I wait that time and I go to cancel and the app wouldn’t let me cancel, so I had to go to customer service to get it canceled, at this point I’m pretty irritated but they get it fixed and I’m like okay whatever I’ll just get this first box and be done… THEN they ship the box, it’s literally on its way and all of a sudden I get a message saying they swapped something, WTF…they obviously swapped it before they sent the box out for delivery so why tell me now that I can’t do anything, I have to speak to customer service again and get a tiny refund, okay cool Then I receive my box and it’s covered in slime from the ice packs being stabbed a couple times, it was SO incredibly gross, and the serving sizes seem a little small for trying to feed myself and a grown man. Long story short I’m trying to talk to customer service AGAIN… will not be getting another box, the only reason it got 2 stars and not one is because customer service seemed on top of it getting back to me within the day/ few hours later.

gleekay

Rating: 5/5

By far the best meal delivery company I’ve used. One of the aspects that makes this one superior for me is being allowed to edit the ingredients in the recipe. I’m able to remove any ingredients in the recipe that I don’t want or that I already have on hand in my own kitchen. This leaves me more points to use on other meals, grocery items or a more expensive meal. I also enjoy the suggested items that would complement the meal if I want to add any of them into my order. The app is user friendly. It didn’t take much for me to navigate it and I really enjoy choosing my meals for the following week. Another wonderful asset is filtering according to your dietary needs. High protein, low calories/carb/fat, low sugar, gluten free, paleo, etc… and only meals that fit your criteria will be left to choose from, thus decluttering your weekly choices. The price is a bargain really, saving time from meal planning, making a shopping list, fuel and time from shopping, fewer dirty dishes, less time in the kitchen for a high quality nutritious meal with no guesswork. Leaving time for the other important things in my life.